Frost Mage Guide 6.0

Frost Mage

PvE

Frost Mages do excellent DPS in both single target and multiple target PvE envirnonments. This spec is not only fun to play but very effective and will definitely keep you on the top of the DPS meters if played correctly.

Talent spec

Glyphs

Major: Glyph of Water Elemental Glyph of Icy Veins Glyph of splitting Ice

Minor: Glyph of Momentum Rest are optional

Single Target Rotation

Apply Frost Bomb if you have 2 charges of Finger of Frost and Frozen Orb is about to come off CD.

Frozen Orb on cooldown

Freeze (Water Elemental)

Ice Lance when frost Bomb is up and you have charges of Finger of Frost

Frostfire Bolt when Brain Freeze proc

Multiple Target Rotation

Cone of Cold on cooldown

Blizzard when waiting on Cone of Cold

Frost Bomb when enemy reaches 2 charges of Fingers of Frost

Ice Lance to spend charges

Cooldowns

Icy Vein whenever possible

Alter Time is conjunction with Icy Veins

Mirror Image on cooldown.

PvP

This is the base built for a PvP Frost Mage. All of the spells, skills, and talents are geared toward fighting in a PvP environment.

Pros

Excellent Burst

Excellent AoE abilitilies

Excellent Control of Opponent especially melee enemies

Numerous offensive and defensive cooldown

Cons

Need to be able to control your pets Freeze ability

Stat Priority

Multistrike

Versatility

Intellect = PvP power

Mastery

Critical strike

Haste

Spell Priority and Strategy

Frost is probably the most fun spec to play in PvP because of how much control you have over opponents, not to mention the huge amounts of burst damage that can be put out almost instantly. Below are a few tips to help you master your Frost Mage in any PvP situation.

Caster Opponent

Try to reseve a counterspell for a heal if it´s a healer and a crowd control ability if it’s a DPS

Cast Frost Bomb

Cast Frozen Orb

Use instant Frostfire bolt procs when available and Ice Lance when you have charges of Finger of Frost.

Use your pet´s freeze ability to create Finger of Frost charges and also root enemy targets

Utilize other abilities such as Spellsteal to take bubbles and heals off you opponent.

Leveling

Frost is great leveling spec for mages of all experience. The rotation is easy and the survivability is high. It’s also particularly great for those on PvP servers as you will quickly be able to eliminate enemies. The high burst AoE damage makes pulling large groups of mobs very easy for quicker leveling.